Anike Sonuga – 2026 KSA
Playwright
Born in the Bay, brought up in Baltimore, now based in Brooklyn, ANIKE SONUGA is a writer, actor, director, and anything else she ends up doing. A graduate from NYU Tisch’s Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, she is no stranger to multi-disciplinary work. Her work blends film and theatre, exploring intimate relationships between everyone from Mormons, to strippers, to teenage boys, to God. Anike was a member of Clubbed Thumb’s 2024/25 Early-Career Writers Group. She was also a finalist for the Exponential Festival’s 2026 fellowship and a semi-finalist for Page 73’s 2026 playwriting fellowship. Her writing has been featured at Playwrights Downtown, The Tank, The Brick’s Exponential Festival, the inaugural RE/VENUE Festival at the Paradise Factory, and Harlot’s Plays to Watch Out For at Jack. (and by the way, it’s pronounced uh-nee-kay sho-noo-gah) anikes.com